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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1961
Page
4
The AP reports that toiletry sales grow in both recessions and booms, driven by durable personal vanity for women and men. Men’s grooming items surge as women’s cosmetics evolve, with total sales near 2 billion by 1960. Drugstores and food stores dominate distribution as cosmetic buying spreads to younger workers. As more women join the labor force, spending on appearance is set to rise.
The Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center reports 33 percent of cancer patients are cured with no recurrence, citing advances in research, surgery, radiation, and chemical treatments. Dr Henry T Randall notes this reflects those with no disease return, as estimates rise.
Former President Harry S. Truman endorses America's Food for Peace program and accepts honorary chairmanship of the United States Freedom From Hunger Foundation. He urges donors to give cash equivalent to one Christmas gift to the foundation in Washington to further hunger relief efforts.
Dr. Carl S. Knox 44 longtime Olathe superintendent resigns to become Lawrence district superintendent. Board accepts resignation effective July 31 with Knox beginning August 1. Olathe offers salary boost, but Knox will earn 13,500 at Lawrence under his new contract.
Washington AP reports a 1960 births decline with 4,257,850 births, about 4,000 fewer than 1959. Public Health Service says 1961 will see markedly more births, possibly reaching 4,308,000 like the 1957 record.
Fort Scott shopkeeper owns 40 three cent fractional currency notes from 1864.worth face value as $1.20 when redeemed, but numismatists value them high in sheets. notes include a family provenance from the Negley and Mellon line, with one note dated November 19 1878. Cowen recently refused a buyer's offer.
In Gilberts West Virginia a 3 year old rabbit hound named Brownie, lost from owner Richard Hatfield during a hunting trip, is rescued after 50 days in a caved in mine shaft. Neighbors joined the effort, feeding him through a narrow slit as he lost weight from 25 pounds to 20, but his tail never stopped wagging.
Salina Kansas AP Jim Carlin, sales manager for a local automobile dealer, was surprised when a truck from Kansas City arrived with five new cars. The driver, misrouted to Sedalia Missouri, unloaded one car then reloaded four and headed back 400 miles the other way.
Kansas City AP reports Cynthia Lucille Chaney 32 is charged with kidnapping for allegedly abducting 3 year old Susan Kaynes. Authorities say the alleged crime occurred in the city, with the case proceeding in court.
Mrs Chaney was arrested in St. Louis while babysitting the child on Nov 6. Susan Kay was hospitalized there in critical condition. Chaney jailed in default of a 2500 bond set by Magistrate Bernard W. Gnefkow. Preliminary hearing scheduled for Dec 27. The child's mother Virginia Nesbitt said Chaney had cared for her daughter often. Officers said Chaney admitted taking Susan Kay because she loved her like her own.
A Saturday blaze caused 1500 dollars in damage to a one room Lyndon Valley rural school. Eleven students began Christmas holidays on Monday instead of Friday. If repairs fail, pupils may transfer to Emporia School District.
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